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About Eivind Solberg
- Eivind Holt Solberg (22 May 1933 – 19 March 2008) was a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, known as the founder of Big Chief Jazz Band (1952 -), which is one of the oldest of its kind.
- He initially played in New Orleans Hot Dogs (1950–1951) with friends from Berg Upper Secondary School.
- Solberg was often in New Orleans and became a friend of Louis Armstrong.
- He was instrumental in the establishment and operation of several important concert halls in Oslo, including Big Chief Jazz Club, Kunstnerkroa, Oslo Jazz Circle, Metropol Jazz Center and Downtown.
- He was for a period editor of Jazznytt and regularly wrote jazz column in the capital's newspapers.
- Solberg also operated his own impresario agency.
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